Large mouth bass?
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my personal experience is started with grow out tank 40 gal breeder at 3in. quickly out grew it and transfered to a 120 gal and turns out it was a female quite the lunker but sadly she was a tank buster. Don't know what she did but was watching TV one day and she busted the tank...it was messy. No worries she was ok though lost a few scales ripped fins...etc. But tossed her in with the kois outside and she was great until she ate one of the smaller kois so my brothers buddy adopted her with a bigger pond with no small kois. If I find pics I'll post.
alright i have a roughfly 400gal. pond with waterfall out side of my house. i just moved in and it has roughfly 25 koi in it(1"-4") i am salt water aquarist already but i am also an avid fisher and love large mouth bass and have always wanted to have one. i am shure one of you guys will tell me exactly what i need to get started ! and the best technics to keeping a large mouth bass in my 400gal. pond?
i need the complete run down on everything i need to do because i havent a clue about outdoor ponds and large mouth bass info is hard to come by?
400 gallons is ok for a male but females when they start pushing 20 plus inches the 400gallon pond will start looking like a small pond. As they do like to roam around and no small kois those will be feeders for the lmb. Their growth rate isn't surprisingly fast as you probably won't be able to keep it full all the time. You will need a bio filter or bio filters depending on how many fish and how much you feed. A mechanical filter as well and a UV light. no pond is safe from algae bloom. Provide cover such as drift wood or rocks but rocks are a pain as they are heavy. Live plants work too like water hycinth just pull them as needed as they grow like weeds. Make sure the return from the filters provides good oxygen especially during hot months. They are a beautiful fish. I rescued mine from a moving neighbor. Once she got to 19 inches I rehomed her to my brothers friend with a bigger pond 8,000 gallon koi pond. I had a her in a 1500 gallon pond. 400 gallon I'd reccomend the pan fish species.
Ohio does not have a state wide size limit either though many lakes do.
From DNR site
These regulations apply to all public waters in Ohio, EXCEPT that site-specific regulations apply to water areas included in the Specific Water Areas, Lake Erie and its Tributaries, Ohio River, and Pymatuning Lake regulation sections.
Species Daily Limit Minimum Size
Muskellunge 1 None
Yellow Perch 40 None
Trout (all species) 5 (singly or in combination) None
Largemouth, Smallmouth, and Spotted Bass 5 (singly or in combination) None
Walleye, Sauger, and Saugeye 6 (singly or in combination) None
Channel Catfish (under 28 inches) 6 (public lakes less than 700 acres)
None (all other public waters) None
Channel Catfish (28 inches or larger) 1 (Statewide) 28 inches
Blue & Flathead Catfish (under 35 inches) None None
Blue & Flathead Catfish (35 inches or larger) 1 (of each Statewide) 35 inches
All other fish None None
From DNR site
These regulations apply to all public waters in Ohio, EXCEPT that site-specific regulations apply to water areas included in the Specific Water Areas, Lake Erie and its Tributaries, Ohio River, and Pymatuning Lake regulation sections.
Species Daily Limit Minimum Size
Muskellunge 1 None
Yellow Perch 40 None
Trout (all species) 5 (singly or in combination) None
Largemouth, Smallmouth, and Spotted Bass 5 (singly or in combination) None
Walleye, Sauger, and Saugeye 6 (singly or in combination) None
Channel Catfish (under 28 inches) 6 (public lakes less than 700 acres)
None (all other public waters) None
Channel Catfish (28 inches or larger) 1 (Statewide) 28 inches
Blue & Flathead Catfish (under 35 inches) None None
Blue & Flathead Catfish (35 inches or larger) 1 (of each Statewide) 35 inches
All other fish None None
